St. Paul’s Lutheran Church WELCA of Hector invites all to their Salad Luncheon on Wednesday, August 6, serving at 12pm in St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall. Following lunch, guest speaker Marge Lundeen with “A Time to Dance” from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

Kids of the New Ulm area-put on your hard hats and your tool belts on August 10-14 and come on down to First Baptist Church in New Ulm for a great week of Vacation Bible School.

This year’s program is “The Hard Hat Zone” for boys and girls 4 years through 6th grade. There will be silly skits, exciting Bible stories, games, snacks and daily prizes. The Hard Hat Zone will be from 5:45-8:15pm. Admission is free. Be there early at First Baptist Church, 3rd and South Payne at 5:45pm.

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17th Annual Free Youth Fishing Contest, sponsored by the New Ulm Area Sport Fishermen will be Wednesday, August 13, 4-7pm at Riverside Park in New Ulm. For children up to 18 years old; fishing; food; fun and prizes.

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The Sleepy Eye Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Merriam’s Midway Carnival and Concession Stands on Friday, August 15, 1-10pm; Saturday, August 16, 1-10pm; Sunday, August 17, 1-6pm.

Every day will have a wristband special; price will be determined closer to the weekend as they need to look at space to know how many rides they can have. Carnival will be located by Schutz Family Foods parking lot, 900 Main Street East.

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Saturday, August 16, 8:30am at Oak Leaf Park in Glencoe there will be a benefit for Joyce Teubert who is battling cancer and proceeds to help pay medical bills.

Cost is $10 per person. All registrants will be put in a hat and randomly drawn and placed on a team. Silent Auction and bake sale during the day. Contact Lisa at 320-420-2622 or Sandie at 320-469-4405.

48th Annual Butterfield Thresherman’s Steam & Gas Engine Show will be held August 16 & 17

Equipment parade each day at 2:15pm; music on stage Friday night until Sunday; Bluegrass Music on the stage both days; over 300 restored antique tractors; pioneer houses and buildings; crafts and antiques; wind powered grist mill; hundreds of restored gas engines; fun for the entire family; free parking; camping facilities.

The causes of the U.S. Dakota War in 1862 were many and complicated. Independent Historian John LaBatte will examine these. At least nine of John’s Dakota and white ancestors were involved in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862.

The New Ulm Battery will be here to assist John in his Battlefield Tour to give visitors a feeling of what it would have been like to hear canon fire on the parade grounds.

Dan Cochran will be there to demonstrate and sell his handmade leather work.

Join John LaBatte, the New Ulm Battery and Dan Cochran for the 1pm program and again for the 2:30pm battlefield tour.

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The historic W.W. Mayo House will be open for tours from 12-4pm on Sunday, August 17, with a special interpretation about the LeSueur Tigers. View the marker honoring the LeSueur Tigers placed in Louise Park adjacent to the Mayo Home.

Hear how the Tigers had willingly left their families and the safety of their area to assist their fellow citizens in New Ulm during the US/Dakota War of 1862. Learn more about Dr. W.W. Mayo’s involvement with the LeSueur Tigers and what his family was doing while he was away in New Ulm with the Tigers.

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Come to enjoy a Back to School themed Family Fun Night at McDonald’s in New Ulm on Wednesday, August 20, 4-7pm.

We need everyone to come dine-in or take-out food on this night for 10 percent of all the business from 4-7pm will go to Pro Kinship for Kids programming. McDonald’s will be holding a coloring contest that night and running a movie for families to enjoy.

Pro Kinship for Kids volunteers will also be running games like Hole in One; Ring Toss; and Peanut Toss for prizes. There will be fun back to school activities to enjoy as well as face painting. Drawing will be held for adults and kids as well as materials available on Pro Kinship for Kids.

New Ulm Sertoma Club’s Santa in the Summer will be Thursday, August 21, 4-7pm at the Brown County Fairgrounds in New Ulm.

Rain or shine. Choice of hamburger, hot dog, chicken or bratwurst, chips, beverage and all the sweet corn you can eat (if available). All this for only $8. Pre-sale discount for $7 available at the Chamber or from New Ulm Sertoma Member; Kid’s hot dog meal only $3 for 6 and under.

Bring in your unused hearing aids and receive a free meal. 1919 Rootbeer floats available. Proceeds help support Santa’s Closet and local education hearing equipment. Live entertainment and special appearance by Santa Claus. Free will donations will be accepted.

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Register for the 2nd Annual Immanuel Lutheran School’s ‘Strides for Souls’ Family Fun 5K Walk/Run by August 1 and receive a t-shirt. You can register by stopping at Immanuel Lutheran School or call Sue at 507-359-4575.

All proceeds will go to the ‘Strides for Souls’ fund that will help with tuition assistance and other students needs at Immanuel Lutheran School. The Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, August 23, at the school. Registration starts at 8am and the race starts at 8:45am.

Saturday, August 23, 1:30pm – Independent Historian Curtis Dahlin grew up on a farm near Sisseton, South Dakota, on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Indian Reservation. He graduated from South Dakota State in 1964 with a degree in history, spent two years in the army and worked for the Department of Transportation as a traffic analyst for 35 years. Since retiring in 2002, he has spent time researching and writing on US Dakota Uprising of 1862 in Minnesota. He has published two books and three shorter booklets on the US Dakota War. His talk will deal with various aspects of the Uprising.

The Harkin Store will be having a program on old schools in Nicollet County. There will be old pictures and old school books and a picture of the old private school, the Robinson school, in the town of West Newton. The program in Sunday, August 24, from 1-4pm.

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The Brown County Heartland Express will not be operating on Sunday, August 31, or Monday, September 1, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday Weekend. Regular service resumes on Tuesday, September 2.

To request and schedule rides for the Tuesday following Labor Day, passengers are requested to call the Brown County Heartland Express office no later than 3pm on Friday, August 29, at 359-2717 or 1-800-707-2717.

Riverblast in New Ulm will be held on Friday & Saturday, August 29 & 30 at Riverside Park; Center Street and the Minnesota River.

This is a free cultural event and festival at the river. Friday gala celebration starts at 5pm. Cold Blooded Whiskey from 5-8pm; Barefoot Winos 8:30pm-close. Camping in Riverside Park; one camping unit and one support vehicle, dogs must be on leash/$25 per site.

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